AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate

Where can I get AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate training or an AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate course?

If you want to receive tailored training or attend an AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate course that is specific to your project requirement, Virtuosity offers extra training and mentoring services. You can choose from tailor-made training, on-demand learning, consulting services, mentoring and more. Learn more about Expert Services at Virtuosity here.

What is the price of AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate? How much does AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate cost?

A practitioner license of AutoPIPE Vessel Ultimate costs $7,303 USD at Virtuosity.com. Prices vary per region. To see the price in your region, select your region at the bottom of the page. While there are various types of licensing available, a common choice is the 12-month practitioner license offered through Virtuosity, Bentley's eCommerce store. When you purchase through Virtuosity you get a Virtuoso Subscription which means you get both the software AND the training, expert services, and custom mentoring you need to get started quickly.

Expert services and tailored training, when and where you need it.

At Virtuosity, we understand how important it is to get the most out of every working moment. You need to limit downtime, and use each software application to its fullest potential.  There is just no time to spare. That's why every software purchase through Virtuosity comes as a bundle with “Keys” or credits that can be redeemed for expert services and training, so you can get started right away. Learn more about our training options.

Each practitioner license comes with a number of "Keys" and you can always purchase additional "Keys" as you go. 

There is a menu of expert services and training options that you can redeem your "Keys" for:

Heat Exchangers 

• Designed to TEMA, CODAP, AD 2000, PD 5500, EN 13445, GOST, Chinese GB 151 (Tubesheet Design only) and ASME
• Plate cutting profiles drawings 
• Full weld details for nozzles and reinforcement including location of all component welds 
• Flanges (gasket and bolting details and installation), baffles (six types), tubesheets, bundles, tie-rods, sealing strips, and support plates fully detailed ready for fabrication 
• Metal bellows expansion joints designed to ASME, EJMA, CODAP, EN, and AD standards 
• AD standards, Design Flanged, and Flued expansion joints based on TEMA 8th and 9th (Finite Element Method) 
• Final drawing of the flattening of the shell profile with all nozzles, saddles, reinforcement, packing support, and more, for an accurate check for interference and location of the longitudinal welds along the complete vessel 
• Modeling interface and editing tools to optimize and configure the tube and baffle layout, as well as standard types including: floating head shell and tube (single and multipass); U-bend; double fixed tubesheet types; all shell types (E, F, G, H, J, K, X); all TEMA front and rear end types (not P type) but including L, M, N, and D type (reversed flange); custom types under user agreement; and air coolers (forced and induced draft) 
• Integration with thermal design simulation software including Aspen Tech, HTRI Xchanger, Prosim EXCH,and Honeywell UniSim 

Pressure Vessels 

• Pressure vessel types: reactor on skirt, limped coil, column or vertical vessel on support brackets or legs or skirt, horizontal vessel on saddle, double jacket, or boiler 
• Seven international vessel design codes to ASME VIII Division 1 & 2, including ASME, GB-150, BS PD 5500, EN 13445, AD Merkblatter, CODAP, and GOST R 52857 dating as far back as 1988 
• Jacket design to ASME VIII Appendix 9, PD 5500, CODAP, and GOST 
• Nozzle reinforcement and flange design to all major global standards including EN 13445 Annex G/EN 1591 
• Full fatigue analysis of welded components to ASME VIII, PD 5500, CODAP, ADM, GOST, and EN 13445 
• Multiple guided column supports with stiffness 
• Vertical vessels on rigid or flexible anchor base, legs or brackets, horizontal vessels with multiple saddles with rigid or spring stiffness 
• Comprehensive lifting and rigging analysis evaluated every 10 degrees for on-site installation 
• Comprehensive in-situ design, transportation, and installation design tools built-in 
• Pressure testing design analysis covering all on-site environment conditions 
• Perform wind vortex shedding analysis 

Tanks 

• Integrated API 650 tank module (including API 620 nozzle 
• reinforcement) complete with detailed drawings 
• Same modeling interface and material database as for 
• pressure vessels 
• QA reporting and detailed drawings including roof support 
• similar to those for pressure vessels 
• Optimization of the tank diameter and height from 
• the requested volume 
• Automatic generation of rafter and girder structural courses 
• Full design in one run 

Other Design Options 

• AP 661 for air cooler design and manufacture 
• French NF E 32 Boiler Design 

General 

• Powered by Microprotol 
• Comprehensive vessel, piping, and structural components including trays, packing, stiffening rings, platforms, saddles, legs, brackets, bellows, lifting lugs and trunnions, internal lining, insulation, piping loads, and pipe coils 
• Comprehensive import from and export to 3D CAD formats including PDS (3D), MicroStation (2D and 3D), AutoCAD (2D and 3D DWG), AutoPLANT (3D), and Solidworks (3D) 
• U.S. customary and SI units 
• Smart import of sustained, thermal, and occasional loading from Bentley AutoPIPE 
• Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian, and Russian (fully customizable dictionary) 
• QA formatted Microsoft Word reports for all designed components and full vessel loading cases, including bending moment diagrams, weld, nozzle, and flange sketches and full design code references 
• Governing load case (operating, installation, hydrotest, wind, blast, shutdown, or seismic) is reported for the calculation of each component thickness 
• Machine plate fabrication 
• Plate cutting profiles, optimized welding pattern 
• Interface to NC machines 
• Standard nozzle load tables available 
• Local load analysis to PD 5500 Annex G or G.2.8 Alt. rules, WRC 107/297, EN 13445, GOST, Roark 
• Saddle design with Zick analysis to ASME VIII Div 2, PD 5500,CODAP, EN 13445, AD, and GOST 
• Link to NozzlePRO for Finite Element analysis 
• Comprehensive material databases for ASME, DIN, EN, GB-150, BS, GOST, ASTM, and NF (French) materials 
• Customizable company standards for saddle supports and nozzle loading 
• Multiple codes for occasional loading including wind, vortex shedding, seismic, wave, and blast loading 

Optimized Design 

• Erected, lifting, operating, test, and shutdown loading conditions evaluated 
• Nozzle reinforcement, flange design, support design, and vessel deflection and rotation 
• Automatic detailed cost estimations (fully customizable in Excel) 

Automatic Drawing Production 

• Automated detailed drawings in seconds 
• Create 2D drawings in MicroStation and AutoCAD, and 3D models in MicroStation, AutoCAD, and Solidworks with a click of a button
• Fully dimensioned engineering and manufacturing drawings 
• White space management and configurable drawing sheet layout 
• Customizable data, and connection details to meet manufacturer standards 
• Bill of materials to meet company standard 

Processor 
Pentium III or higher 

Operating System 
Windows 7 Professional (32- or 64-bit), Windows 8 or 8.1 (32- or 64-bit), Windows 10 (32- or 64-bit) 

Software 
Microsoft Office 2003 or higher 
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher 

Memory 
256 MB RAM 

Hard Disk 
1GB 

Video Graphics Card 
Any industry-standard video card that supports OpenGL 3D graphics